Differences of the primate flocculus and ventral paraflocculus in the mossy and climbing fiber input organization

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 382, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 480-498

  Nagao, Soichi ^a   Kitamura, Taiko ^c   Nakamura, Naoya ^b   Hiramatsu, Takehito ^a   Yamada, Jinzo ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

inferior olivary nucleus; oculomotor cerebellum; pontine nuclei; smooth pursuit; vestibulo ocular reflex (VOR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; INFERIOR OLIVE; MACACA; MOSSY FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AMIDINES; ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; FLUORESCENT DYES; GANGLIA, SENSORY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MACACA; NERVE FIBERS; PONS; VESTIBULAR NUCLEI; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ-HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE CONJUGATE;

EID: 0030979389     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970616)382:4<480::AID-CNE5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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